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<h1>Creating a selector for an attribute in Dataset Objects</h1>
<p>You can select an attribute in the Dataset Objects panel and create 
 a selector to allow a user, in Editable, Interactive, or Flash Mode, to 
 select which attribute elements to display in the Grid/Graph. You can 
 also create a selector from custom groups and consolidations in the Dataset 
 Objects. Do this the same way you work with attributes. </p>
<p>The default style of the selector is set to Drop-down and the Show All 
 option is cleared, although you can change these defaults.</p>
<p>You can choose to either automatically maintain the targets of attribute 
 and metric selectors, or manually define these targets. </p>
<ul>
<li class=p-Topic-Text-Bulleted><p class=Topic-Text-Bulleted>If targets 
 are automatically maintained in the layout, attribute and metric selectors 
 automatically target all Grid/Graphs and panel stacks that are in the 
 same panel or document section as the selector. </p></li>
	
<li class=p-Topic-Text-Bulleted><p class=Topic-Text-Bulleted>If targets 
 are not automatically maintained, you must manually select the targets 
 when you create all types of selectors. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more information on automatically maintaining targets, including 
 instructions to enable or disable it, see 
<a href="Automatically_maintaining_targets_for_selectors.htm">Automatically 
 maintaining targets for selectors</a>.</p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
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<li class=p><p>You must have added the Grid/Graph to the document, 
 to use as the target of the selector. For steps, see 
<a HREF="Add_GG_to_documents.htm">Adding 
 Grid/Graphs to documents</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To create a selector for an attribute in the Dataset Objects panel</h2>
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<li class=p><p>Open the document in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design 
 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Drag the attribute from the Dataset Objects and drop 
 it on top of the selector. The selected attribute is the source and the 
 Action Type is set to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select Elements</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p-Steps><p class=Steps>If targets are not automatically maintained, 
 you must manually specify the target of the selector, as described below:</p></li>
	<ol type="a" class="whs3">
		
<li class=p><p>Right-click the selector and choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select 
 Targets. </B></span>The selector is outlined in orange to indicate target 
 selection mode is on.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Click the panel to specify it as the target. The 
 sizing handles of the target are displayed in orange.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Click anywhere in the Layout area to turn target 
 selection mode off.</p></li>
	</ol>
	
<li class=p><p>By default, autosubmission is enabled, which means that 
 once a user chooses an item in the selector, the target immediately updates 
 without any additional user interaction. To disable it, see 
<a href="Autosubmit_in_selectors.htm">Controlling 
 how data updates: Autosubmit</a>.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Now that you have created the selector, you can modify 
<a href="Modify_properties_for_selector.htm">properties</a>, 
 such as multiple selections and simultaneous display of selector items, 
 and 
<a HREF="Formatting_selectors.htm">format it</a>.</p>
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